Originally Posted by
SecretWarrior
Your point about the dominant culture being fine with assimilation as long as the conquered people assimilate into the dominant culture is true and may reflect a desire to wipe out otherness.
I could see this being a struggle for Sam in representing America, with his familiarity of how our country has oppressed people--even its own.
By and large, people are resistant to change, so the Flagsmashers have an impossible mission and seem more likely to destabilize than revolutionize.